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| Eurovision Song Contest 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Cyprus | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 21 October 2016 Song: 1 March 2017 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Hovig | |||
| Selected song | "Gravity" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Thomas G:son | |||
| Placement | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (5th, 164 points) | |||
| Final result | 21st, 68 points | |||
| Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Cyprus participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Gravity" written by Thomas G:son. The song was performed by Hovig, who was selected by the Cypriot broadcaster Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) in October 2016 to represent Cyprus at the 2017 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. The Cypriot song, "Gravity", was presented to the public on 1 March 2017.
Cyprus was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 2017. Performing during the show in position 15, "Gravity" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 13 May. It was later revealed that Cyprus placed fifth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 164 points. In the final, Cyprus performed in position 19 and placed twenty-first out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 68 points.